Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Upon opening up my laptop this morning, the first YouTube suggestion was a VICE video on the story of Papa Roach's Last Resort. So, once I'd got myself fired up by giving that a listen, it felt like fate to get the day started with some gritty nu-metal that screams of the 2000s from Canadian band Fatal Switch, who describe their hooky sound as "explosive, emotional and unapologetic."
Québec band We Told You So delivers raw riffs and rebellious vocals in a high-energy punk rock sound that they describe as "energetic, honest and uplifting."
London-based band Howling Hawk combine the best of British rock, from 90s Britpop to indie rock and 60s touches, in a sound they describe as a "B-side from 95."
Edinburgh band Perpetua fuse ferocious riffs, groovy melodies and vicious vocals in a thrilling cacophony that they describe as "headbang worthy metal."
ard rock and metal collective September Mourning see themselves as more than just a band, but a transmedia project that fuses music, comics and performance into a single immersive universe.
Macclesfield band SIGILS offers up a fusion of post-rock and post-metal to create a deliciously intense sound of emotional melodies and sonic vastness that they describe as "immersive, dynamic and cathartic."
International band Overture have crafted a thrilling, haunting and provocative metal sound that aims to take the listener on dramatic, theatrical journeys and they describe as "progressive melodic metal."
Canadian duo Dune Reaper met on a construction site and are building a grungey outlet for the burned-out and the overworked. They've crafted a gritty and atmospheric rock-meets-metal sound that they describe as "aggressive, dynamic and chaotic."
With a name like Vicar Blood, you'd rightly expect a band to be obscenely heavy and confrontational. And the Ohio quintet doesn't disappoint, serving up a vicious death metal sound laden with chugging guitars, driving drums and violent vocals.
Arizona band Vipera aim to thrill and give your neck the ultimate workout with a bouncy crossover thrash metal sound that they describe as " fast, heavy, and angry."
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